The music is the low volume trademark from Mann's "Heat" supplied with slow motion footage . It's powerful. The filming is most excellent, but I am annoyed with the cutting, too abrupt in many cases. The line of actors is not only superb, but Colin Farrell is a far better bad guy than in any of his hero roles. Edward Norton is one of my favorites and here he mixes the soft personality with his hard side. Very few American actors can do that. The film is action and the plot powerful as it represents a history of similar cases of corruption within the police.

Pride & Glory is a gritty police melodrama that grabs the audience, shakes them till the point of concussion and wrings the life out of them with it's nonstop intensity and performances that could raise buildings to the ground. Think I'm exaggerating or overselling? Give it a go, it's fucking nuts. NYC cop dramas are a common occurrence out there, and have been for a long while, but something about this one just rings eerily true, rattles your cage and lets both the violence and corruption seep into the marrow of one's viewing experience. After a drug deal erupts into multiple murder, a family of cops is thrown in an uproar. Haggard straight arrow Edward Norton is on point of investigation by boozy patriarch Jon Voight, and ends up finding out way more than he bargained for not only in regards to the NYPD, but about his fellow cop brother (Colin Farrell) too. Their third brother (underrated Noah Emmerich) is too busy taking care of his sick wife (Jennifer Ehle) to notice the corruption, or maybe does and looks the other way. Every faction adds to the pressure cooker of an atmosphere, rooted in the familial relationships that can't withstand dangerous secrets. They should call the guy Colin Feral, because he's a right beast as a guy whose moral compass is so out of whack he doesn't know who he is anymore. The actor is fervently complex in his work, and makes the guy way more human than other performers would, but he's still terrifying, whether threatening a newborn baby with a hot iron or full on brawling with Norton in a fracas of a man to man bar-fight. Voight is one of those characters who is so corrupt he doesn't even notice it anymore, which is a dangerous avenue to arrive at when you're in such a position of power. The supporting cast is pockmarked with fiery work from terrific actors including super underrated Carmen Ejogo, Wayne Duvall, John Ortiz, Lake Bell and two arresting turns from reliable firebrands Frank Grillo and Shea Wigham. Built around a script by Joe Carnahan, who feeds off of authentic dialogue and realistic shaping of events, this is one that pulls you right into it's suffocating world of beleaguered sentinels of law enforcement whose eyes have become dim to that thin blue line separating order and madness. Brilliant, heavy stuff.

Director:Gavin O'Connor of Pride and Glory came out in 2008 I gave it 7/10 as it's a real gritty crime drama and thriller in 2hrs 10mins of a dirty family cops thriller a tense a dynamite truth honor loyalty family what are you willing to sacrifice tense relentless and gripping four cops two dead two likely an nypd drug bust gone horribly wrong and dectecives ray tierney heads the investigation task force he already has ties to the case his brother was commander of the ambushed officers his brother in law a fellow officer often partnered with them the more ray uncovers the more those family ties are tested and more the fraternal order starts to fray this gritty tension packed tale of multi generational family of cops facing hard realities It's brother Francis's precinct, so when the investigation led by brother Ray finds hints of police corruption, there's pressure to close ranks and save Frankie's career and tough choices set and filmed in Manhattan Washington heights pride and glory draws you in to a gripping raw real world and into a house divided A family's moral codes are tested when Ray Tierney investigates a case that reveals an incendiary police corruption scandal involving his own brother-in-law. For Ray, the truth is revelatory, a Pandora's Box that threatens to upend not only the Tierney legacy but the entire NYPD. A family of police officers - patriarch, two sons, and a son-in-law - deals with corruption in a precinct in Washington Heights.. Dad, a police brass, promises Ray that he and Frankie can clean things up, and Ray should focus on catching the drug dealer who killed the cops. Meanwhile, brother-in-law Jimmy, a hothead and an enforcer, is visited at home by a lowlife. Is Jimmy involved in the corruption? Where can this take the The last thing you want to uncover...is the truth. , Ray Tierney is asked by his father to be part of the task force dedicated to finding out who it was who killed one of their own. Ray agrees as the unit affected is led by his brother Francis and includes his brother-in-law Jimmy. With Ray searching the streets for the truth, Francis already knows more than him as his men are involved in activities outside the law, using their roles within the police as cover great cast so good supporting roles as well as Colin Farrell ... Jimmy Egan Edward Norton ... Ray Tierney Jon Voight ... Francis Tierney, Sr. Noah Emmerich ... Francis Tierney, Jr. Jennifer Ehle ... Abby TierneyJohn Ortiz ... Ruben Santiago Frank Grillo ... Eddie Carbone Shea Whigham ... Kenny Dugan Lake Bell ... Megan Egan .one looks for in furniture rather than films. Thankfully the film doesn't keep the "corruption" in the cupboard for very long because to suggest it is a mystery would be an insult to the viewer, who can pretty much see where the film is heading about 90 minutes before it gets there.With many stories it is hard to plough a new furrow so one does find that often films have a familiar narrative and that this is not a problem. The thing is to draw the viewer in despite having seen it before or perhaps knowing where it is going – make them hope for different, make them care about the characters you put the fact that this is a film with an ending to the back of your mind. Pride and Glory doesn't manage to do this though and it surprised me considering the actors involved. The problem is not really with them though but with the material, which has too many characters but too little development of them. Norton seems a bit lost in this but still does turn in a solid performance. Likewise Farrell is good and it only further highlights effort there is working off individual's and together. Voight and Emmerich add to the tension trying to be the gel to keep a family together they have good script material to really do good work with here,

Four NYPD cops are down in a drug bust gone wrong. Ray Tierney (Edward Norton) heads the investigation. It's what his father ex-cop brass Francis Sr (Jon Voight) wants. The four are his brother Francis Jr (Noah Emmerich)'s men. As Ray digs, he finds corruption in the department that has entangled his family. Jimmy Egan (Colin Farrell) is his brother-in-law who leads a group of corrupted cops.It's a gritty crime drama with lots of top notch acting talents. The acting is good, but there is nothing here that is new or surprising. Writer/director Gavin O'Connor has infused this movie with a grimy messy style. The tone is dark. The story is a little bit confused with a few too many characters' POV and is also somewhat formulaic. It's a movie that has been done better elsewhere.